27 December 2018

confrère

Noun

A fellow member of a profession.

‘Pooley’s police confrères’

Origin

Mid 18th century: French, from medieval Latin confrater, from con- ‘together with’ + frater ‘brother’.
Pronunciation
confrère/ˈkɒnfrɛː/

Oxford Living Dictionary

Today’s quote

Remember that what you do not yet know is more important than what you already know.

– Jordan Peterson

On this day

27 December – the third day of the 12 days of Christmas (Western Christianity).

27 December 1822 – birth of Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist, one of the founders of microbiology. Invented the process for preventing milk and wine from causing sickness, known as pasteurisation. (Not entirely fool-proof, as over-imbibing wine still seems to cause sickness in some). Died 28 September 1895.

27 December 1923 – death of Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, co-designed the Eiffel Tower. Born 15 December 1832.

27 December 1979 – Soviet Union overthrows the Afghan government, replacing President Hufizullah Amin with Babrak Karmal.

27 December 2007 – Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani Prime Minister, is assassinated by a suicide bomber immediately after shots were fired at her. Bhutto was the first female head of an Islamic nation. The bombing killed 24 other people.